Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co. SAMUEL F. HARLAN was born in Louisville, Ky., February 16, 1847, and is a son of Eli and Nancy (Casel) Harlan, the former a solder in the war of 1812. Eli was born in 1793, and was a son of James Harlan, a Revolutionary soldier, a native of the eastern shore of Maryland, and came early to Kentucky. Nancy Casel (the subject's mother) was born in 1797, and her father, James Casel, was a native of Virginia, and among the pioneers of Kentucky. Samuel F. Harlan, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools of Louisville, and for several years after graduating was principal of one of the ward schools. In 1881 he quit teaching and commenced the manufacturer of pumps and tube wells, elevators, etc., in which he has been quite successful. He was married in 1884 to Miss Ruth A. Mills, of Louisville. Harlan Casel Mills = MD VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jefferson/harlan.sf.txt